Dunkelweizen Ideas

[Tony]

Im not sure how many times this has come up, and mostly, people just brew what they origionally post because they dont have the ingredients myself and others recomend.

you wont get the right flavours using munich malt

you wont get the right flavours using pale wheat

you will get the right flavours using Pilsner malt and Dark Wheat malt

a Dunkelweizen should be a simple beer...... just darken it up with weyermann chocolate wheat or carafa spec 2 and let the malt and yeast do the talking!

drop the caramunich and special B..... they dont belong there! Sweetness comes from low bitterness.

cheers

 

[jeffsonia]

Thanks for the feedback Tony, i'll chase down some more grains and look at putting a brew down next weekend. Much appreciated for tthe info.

Cheers.

 

[Tony]

Its well worth getting the propper ingredients

try this:

Dunkelweizen - 2

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (L): 36.00 Wort Size (L): 36.00
Total Grain (kg): 7.70
Anticipated OG: 1.050 Plato: 12.38
Anticipated EBC: 33.8
Anticipated IBU: 16.8
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 75 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
58.4 4.50 kg. Weyermann Wheat Dark Germany 1.037 15
39.0 3.00 kg. Weyermann Pilsner Germany 1.038 4
2.6 0.20 kg. Weyermann Choc Wheat Germany 1.035 1100



Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
40.00 g. Hallertauer Whole 5.90 16.8 60 min.



Yeast
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WYeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen @ 20 deg c



mash single infusion at 65 or mash in at 63 for 45 min then infuse with boiling water to 71 for 15 min.

The amount of hops you had in your recipe for the vatch size you said gave me 31 IBU...... double what you want!

cheers

Edit: If you want a bit more chocolaty character, use 3 or 4% carawheat

 

[jjthickett]

Thanks very much Tony and drSmurto. This is just what I wanted to brew next. Hope I can get all the ingredients at the local place.

Just finished a batch of drSmurto's Golden Ale - Damn it's a Beautiful Thing!

 

[Parks]

Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
58.4 4.50 kg. Weyermann Wheat Dark Germany 1.037 15
39.0 3.00 kg. Weyermann Pilsner Germany 1.038 4
2.6 0.20 kg. Weyermann Choc Wheat Germany 1.035 1100

Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
40.00 g. Hallertauer Whole 5.90 16.8 60 min.

Yeast
-----

WYeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen @ 20 deg c

mash single infusion at 65 or mash in at 63 for 45 min then infuse with boiling water to 71 for 15 min.

Hey Tony,

I brewing basically this recipe this weekend, I got some Hallertaur hops from Ross and his site said they'd be 5.3% but then got them and they were 2.6%

Is there any issue with throwing in twice the hops for this? Is there another higher alpha hop that would be fine to maybe sub half?

I have Cascade, Czech Saaz, EKG, Amarillo, POR, all of which are over 5%.

Cheers! :icon_cheers:

 

[Parks]

Hey Tony,

I brewing basically this recipe this weekend, I got some Hallertaur hops from Ross and his site said they'd be 5.3% but then got them and they were 2.6%

Is there any issue with throwing in twice the hops for this? Is there another higher alpha hop that would be fine to maybe sub half?

I have Cascade, Czech Saaz, EKG, Amarillo, POR, all of which are over 5%.

Cheers! :icon_cheers:

I should say if anyone else has any input on this I'd be glad to listen too